Forth Quotes
1734 quotes by 1243 authors
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That the great majority of those who leave school should have some idea of the kind of evidence required to substantiate given types of belief…
— John Dewey
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Without the suitable conditions life could not exist. But both life and its conditions set forth the operations of inscrutable Power. We know not its…
— Thomas Aquinas
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[At the end of the story, its main character, Tom] is now a great man of science, and can plan railroads, and steam-engines, and electric…
— Charles Kingsley
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Half of science is putting forth the right questions.
— Francis Bacon
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The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way…
— Fidel Castro
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It is going to be necessary that everything that happens in a finite volume of space and time would have to be analyzable with a…
— Richard P. Feynman
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Without theory, practice is but routine born of habit. Theory alone can bring forth and develop the spirit of invention. ... [Do not] share the…
— Louis Pasteur
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The mortification of indwelling sin remaining in our mortal bodies, that it may not have life and power to bring forth the works or deeds…
— John Owen
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Great winds and storms help fruit-bearing trees. So also do corruptions and temptations help the fruitfulness of grace and holiness. The storm loosens the earth…
— John Owen
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Enormous numbers of people are taken in, or at least beguiled and fascinated, by what seems to me to be unbelievable hocum, and relatively few…
— Douglas Hofstadter
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Our present work sets forth mathematical principles of philosophy. For the basic problem of philosophy seems to be to discover the forces of nature from…
— Isaac Newton
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Forth from his dark and lonely hiding-place, (Portentous sight!) the owlet Atheism, sailing on obscene wings athwart the noon, drops his blue-fringed lids, and holds…
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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When there are rational grounds for an opinion, people are content to set them forth and wait for them to operate. In such cases, people…
— Bertrand Russell
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Compassion is more important than intellect in calling forth the love that the work of peace needs, and intuition can often be a far more…
— Betty Williams
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How should Spring bring forth a garden on hard stone? Become earth, that you may grow flowers of many colors. For you have been heart-breaking…
— Rumi
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Revolution doesn't have to do with smashing something, it has to do with bringing something forth. If you spend all your time thinking about that…
— Joseph Campbell
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I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and…
— Jack Canfield
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I think a man can keep on drinking for centuries, he'll never die; especially wine or beer...I like drunkards, man, because drunkards, they come out…
— Charles Bukowski
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I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I…
— Ronald Reagan
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...The baptized in their sense of mission, through prayer, the witness of life and Christian commitment in all its forms, so that all the faithful…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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